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ReviewClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America2014

Management of respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients and patients with hematologic malignancies.

Roy F Chemaly, Dimpy P Shah, Michael J Boeckh

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Review in Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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108citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
9.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

108 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 221 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Initial High Viral Load Is Associated with Prolonged Shedding of Human Rhinovirus in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2018
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  10. Unrelated Donor Transplantation in Children with Thalassemia using Reduced-Intensity Conditioning: The URTH Trial.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2018
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  11. Cerebrospinal fluid positive for SARS-CoV-2 associated with neurological manifestations and proteome alterations in a multiple myeloma patient.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  14. Update on Influenza.The American journal of the medical sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Roy F ChemalyDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
Dimpy P ShahDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
Michael J BoeckhFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center University of Washington, Seattle.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Kathrin Milbury · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS P30CA016672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite preventive strategies and increased awareness, a high incidence of respiratory viral infections still occur in patients with hematologic malignancies (HMs) and in recipients of hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT). Progression of these viral infections to lower respiratory tract may prove fatal, especially in HCT recipients. Increasing evidence on the successful use of ribavirin (alone or in combination with immunomodulators) for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infections in HM patients and HCT recipients is available from retrospective studies; however, prospective clinical trials are necessary to establish its efficacy with confidence. The impact on progression to pneumonitis and/or mortality of treating parainfluenza virus infections with available (ribavirin) or investigational (DAS181) antiviral agents still needs to be determined. Influenza infections have been successfully treated with neuraminidase inhibitors (oseltamivir or zanamivir); however, the efficacy of these agents for influenza pneumonia has not been established, and immunocompromised patients are highly susceptible to emergence of antiviral drug resistance, most probably due to prolonged viral shedding. Infection control measures and an appreciation of the complications following respiratory viral infections in immunocompromised patients remain crucial for reducing transmission. Future studies should focus on strategies to identify patients at high risk for increased morbidity and mortality from these infections and to determine the efficacy of novel or available antiviral drugs.

Indexed as

Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAntiviral AgentsHematologic NeoplasmsHumansInfluenza, HumanParamyxoviridae InfectionsPneumonia, ViralRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRespiratory Syncytial Virus InfectionsRespiratory Tract InfectionsRibavirinVirus DiseasesAntiviral AgentsoplunofuspRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRibavirinantiviral therapycancerimmunocompromised hostinfection preventionRSV

Identifiers

PMID25352629
PMCPMC4303052
OpenAlexW2123976877

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